Coleman
Coleman v. The People of the State of California
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 WENDELL COLEMAN, Case No. 21-cv-03298-HSG
Petitioner, ORDER ADMINISTRATIVELY
CLOSING CASE; DIRECTIONS TO
v. CLERK
THE PEOPLE OF THE SATE OF CALIFORNIA, et al., 11 Respondent. 12 Petitioner, a state prisoner currently incarcerated at Galiban Conservation Camp, has filed this pro se action seeking a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. He has paid the filing fee. Dkt. No. 17. Petitioner challenges a December 2019 conviction and related March 2020 sentence from Napa County Superior Court in Case No. CR 183654. Dkt. No. 1. Petitioner has challenged this conviction and sentence in a prior petition, which is still pending. See Coleman v. People State of California, C No. 21-cv-0049-HSG (“Coleman I”), Dkt. No. 1 (N.D. Cal. Jan. 5, 2021). When a pro se petitioner files a new petition in the district court while an earlier-filed petition is still pending, the district court must construe the new petition as a motion…